CATALONIA
ALFRED BOSCH
‘European leaders are wrong’ on Catalonia
A senior figure in the Republican Left of Catalonia party, which was
part of the independence coalition, has said that European leaders
should see what is happening in Catalonia as an opportunity, not a
threat.
“Europe was founded on democracy, and in the aftermath of
the Second World War it was the ballot box and not the bullet which
prevailed,” Alfred Bosch told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur.
Asked whether there had been a coherent strategy for the day after the
declaration of independence, Mr Bosch said a collective decision had
been taken and the best place for the ousted Catalan leader, Carles
Puigdemont, to be was “in the capital of Europe [Brussels]”.
Release date: 02 November 2017
